General discussion

L. Weiskrantz ( Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, U. K.). I have tried to link what we have heard from experimental studies in humans with what we have heard from experimental studies in monkeys concerning functions of the prefrontal cortex. The obvious difference is that in my experience, patients with posterior cortical lesions are often those with shortterm memory deficits (such as patient KF), whereas you have to work very hard with frontal lobe lesioned patients to see profound impairments of that kind. This provides an obvious contrast with experimental studies in monkeys which suggest a role for the prefrontal cortex in just such simple short-term or working memory processes. I was wondering if any of the speakers would care to comment on this rather obvious distinction between human and monkey work that has been presented so far?